Surname: Mott

Philander Mott, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, lived in Chatham, Columbia county, New York. The family is believed to have been of French refugee origin, and the name has been common from early times in county Essex, England, on Long Island and in Westchester and other counties of New York. In 1851 Philander Mott, with his wife and children, moved from Chatham to Phelps, Ontario county, New York. He married Mary Ann Baker. Children: Antoinette L., married Orren Gifford; children: Mary, George Mott and Helen; Mrs. Gifford died at the early age of

Alyce Leigh Sanders, 81, died May 26, 2009. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Baker City Christian Church, 675 Highway 7. Pastor Roger Scovil will officiate. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends are invited to join the family afterward for a reception at the home of Jim and Sharon Sanders. Leigh was born on July 11, 1927, at Atlanta, to Samuel Eugene and Margaret Helen Hardin Mott. At an early age Leigh and her mother moved to San Francisco. One of her favorite childhood memories was making long train trips between San Francisco and